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Grammar : Noun
Spell : luhl-uh-bahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌl əˌbaɪ



Définition of lullaby

Origin :
  • 1560s, lulley by, from Middle English lollai, lullay, from lullen (see lull (v.)). Second element perhaps from by-by "good-by."
  • noun nighttime song
Example sentences :
  • Then the snowdrop sang a lullaby about the moss that loved the violet.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Down the room a low, mournful wail, almost a lullaby, went on and ceased not.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • By that time the sounds of the tempest had become a lullaby to me.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • So she sang another, a lullaby, that sank to its finish in flattering silence.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
  • Oh, this capital knew the Dead March in Saul as a child knows his lullaby!
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • “Sing me to sleep, lullaby of the leaves”—the phonograph sang.
  • Extract from : « The Hills of Home » by Alfred Coppel
  • Now it was the lullaby of the song sparrow or the swamp sparrow.
  • Extract from : « The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers » by John Burroughs
  • And I remember, when tired with play, that her mother sang to us an old song, a lullaby.
  • Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks
  • "Any old crone's would serve as well for a lullaby," she answered, playfully.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • I'll leave the doors open, and play you a lullaby that you can't resist.
  • Extract from : « An Old-fashioned Girl » by Louisa May Alcott

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